diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/MathException.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/MathException.java
index 14811a3b6..1f674fa58 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/MathException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/MathException.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.math.exception.util.LocalizedFormats;
 * Adapted from <a href="http://commons.apache.org/collections/api-release/org/apache/commons/collections/FunctorException.html"/>.</p>
 *
 * @version $Id$
+* @deprecated To be removed before 3.0.  Please do not use in any new code.
 */
 public class MathException extends Exception {
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/MathRuntimeException.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/MathRuntimeException.java
index 966f67c5d..6e1fc0b74 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/MathRuntimeException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/MathRuntimeException.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.math.exception.util.LocalizedFormats;
 *
 * @version $Id$
 * @since 2.0
+* @deprecated To be removed before 3.0.  Please do not use in any new code.
 */
 public class MathRuntimeException extends RuntimeException {